Treating fermented materials



PatentedJuly5,1932- A A 1,866,409

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS DANIEL KELLY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND TREATING FERMENTED MATERIALS No Drawing. Application filed August 15, 1927, Serial No. 213,212, and in Great I Britain July 29, 1927.

This invention has forits object the treat- 3. A process according to claim 1 wherein ment of fermented material, such as ethyl althe jelly-forming material added to the mixcohol, in such a mannerthat it is not easily ture is agar-agar. acidified and can be solidified and can thus In testimony whereof I have hereunto set be used in enhancing the value of medicinal my hand. and food products (in the latter case taking THOMAS DANIEL KELLY.

the place of preservatives like boric or benzoic acids, or the salicylates).

According to this invention ethyl alcohol 9 is mixed with a small proportion (under 10%) of glycerol and, in order to counteract any tendency of said mixture to acidify, a small proportion (from .5%to 5%) of an alkaline material, such as calcium phosphate, soluble in the liquid and not deleterious to the human system is added. It is then mixed with under 5% of coagulating material, for

example, agar-agar or farina, which permeates the whole mass, which is then heated to a temperature of 50 to 80 C. and then suddenly cooled, for instance by placing it in brine-surroimded receptacles, or by placing it in a refrigerator or cold storage. The resuiting solidmay be cut up into any shapes desired, or ground to powder. It is then ready for mixing with medicinal or food. products. Itshould be packed in waterproof, heatproof and greaseproof containers.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letjters Patent is 1. A process for solidifying ethyl alcohol to render same suitable for use as a preservative of medicinal or food products, com- Qprising adding to the alcohol a small pro- CJI portion of glycerol, and a small proportion of calcium phosphate to check any tendency of the materialto acidify, solidifying said mixture by adding thereto a material capable of reducing itto a jelly-like, form, raising the temperature of the mixture to between 50 r and 80 0., and then cooling the mixture;

2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the jelly-forming material added to the mixture of alcohol and alkaline material is farina. 

